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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1872
Page
5
Classified and business notices outline pricing for five line cards in the Business Mirror section at five dollars per year. Additional lines cost one dollar each. Special decal notices bill fifteen cents per first insertion and ten cents for each subsequent insertion. Communications directed to The Dixon Sun at Watkins, Wisconsin, with publisher W. M. Keyspepy.
The article lists nineteen named officials in Illinois including S A Irwin and R D Noleman as collectors, J D Hamilton as deputy, J Kinney and James Fishback as assessors, James Goodspeed and W D Sellers as postmasters, George S Bangs as general mail agent, P H Pope as whiskey supervisor, several county officers, and Charles B Farwell as congressman. It notes seven more members unknown and criticizes the group as a political ring in Lee County.
The passage rails against officers and government power, asserting a motto that “the people have no rights.” It frames law enforcement as wielding unchecked authority and implies a vow to resist the claims placed upon the populace.
The text records an oath where initiates vow to keep secret the degree’s passwords and signs, obey rules, support the order in political matters, and remove foreigners or Catholics from office when legal, all while pledging life-long fidelity and allegiance to the nation and God.
The text cautions against relying on guano and argues nitrate of soda should be used carefully only when mineral soil elements exist. It describes nitrate as a spur to other manures like phosphatic and potash salts and notes dangers and uneven effects on poor soils.
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